Chair-repairing device



' my 4 192s. 1,583,300

A. M TERNEN 'CHAIR REPAIRING DEVICE Filed Oct. 8, 1925 Patented May 4,1926.

ANDREW sternum-m1, or ANDOXLER, vrassncnusn'rmss' ,on-iim-anriuarne pnvrcn; T

. A licationfiled October 8, 1925;;sei-ia1ivo. '61 ",198.

Toall whom/ it may 00mm; 1 I 1 Befit knownthat 1,,ANDREW M'GTERNEN,

acitizen of the United States, residingalv .Andover, in the county ofiEssex' and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Chair-Repairing Devices, of which'st'he following is a specification. 1

The object of this invention is tovprovide a device whereby the owner offla chair, the seat of which has been damaged or removed;

' may conveniently and quickly render the chairserviceable :and'irnpart a neat and desirableappearance thereto. a Of the accompanying. drawings a part of this specification,-'

Figure 1 is a plan view offorming a repairing device embodyingltheinvention, as it ap-;

' 'pearsbeforeapplication to a chair.

vFngure: 2 is a plan-view of the device as attached we chair; portions of. the latter being" shown. in section} q F'gure 3" is a section on line 3 30f FigureIfZ, partsbeingbroken away. I v y 1 Figure 4: is-v a view vsimilar to a, portion of Figure. 1, showing. grommets forming. the eyes hereinafter'described .l Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 3, showing. on a larger scale the grommets shownby Figure i. I v, I

Figure 6 is a view ,similarj to Figure 4;,

showinglooped reinforcingrods forming the" eyes.

Figure 7 is viewasimilari .to Figures 3 and '5, showing-"the rodsand eyes shown by Figurefi; 7 a v F1gures18, andi9 are fragmentary perspec tive; views, showing modifications.

Figuref10' isa fragmentary perspective view; showing an extemp'or zed support for the sheet constituting an element ofthe'improved repairing device.

The'same reference characters indicate the same parts in allofthe figures.

The repairing device in which my invention is embodied is here shown adapted for use in repairing aso-called piazza chair, the

frame of which includes uprightmem-bers a and forming marginal portions of a seat frame, horizontal members or, rounds 6, connecting'the members a and a seat 0, usually woven from strands of cane and engaged vwith the members 6, the seat being'shown conventionally by dotted lines in Figure 3.

It is to be understood, however, that p chair, I first turn the flaps 14 audio-15 of onev the original seatr c maybe removed and reingdevice' v l It s to be understood alsoithat in casejthe original seat is, re1noved,'{an exteinporized' V I u p rt for said sheet may b b tit t therefor, as hereinafter described,

. placed bythe sheet; member of" thetrepaira j 'The repairing device comprises atflexible sheet 12, preferably of canvas; which" may.

be, rubberized or otherwise itreate'd, toren-J der 1t water proof. The slieet whenflat as shown by Figurefl, is-formed to cover the usual chair 'seatfandj is of greater'area. than thelatter, The sheet is provided withj two pairs'of marginal flaps"formingjmajor:v portions of the margin of the sheet, and

with notchesgor 'recesses 13, forined 'byfcuta l ting away the, corners of'the sheetf' said notches conforming' to "the' upright al s shown by Figure 2. 1 Each" pair'includes a- 15 1 at the opposite. edge: I T The vdevice also comprises: two

OIE it independent flexible ligatlires: 16; preferably of copper wireTheligatures are, per1nanently engaged with; the? flaps 14 a nd have; v free outer end' port'ionsy 'The'flaps 15' are Sionthe sheet. ;Wlien+ the-sheetis: flat'Qthe i .ligatures are extendedv outwardgfrom the flaps 1 1, aslshown byFigure 1Q In 'the embodiment shown by Eiguresilg 2 and 3, .theflajps 14 are folded '7 and stitched at 14 to formpockets lfipggin which metal. reinforcing rods. 17 are inserted; 'llhe ,inner:v

orifices 18 (Figure in" the folded l flaps 11 1 ends-of the ligatures .16 .areQpassed through 9 and-turned back and Iintertwistedl at'.

with 'the main portions ofQtheEligatures, so.

thatloops'; 1 9" are formed] shown @Fig; uret 8, the loops bearinggon. the reinforcing, 1

rods which support and distributethestrain caused by the operation of tensioning thesheet I 1 i v The flaps 15 are similarly foldedto form pockets 20, in whiclil reinforcing rods 21 1 are inserted for the same purpose;

Orifices-QQ (Figure 1), formed n the folded flaps 15,, constitute eyes adapted to receive and permitendwise movement of the no free end portions of the ligatures. V In applying the repairing devlce to a paireunder two of the members 6 of the seat. frame,extend the ligatures 16 engaged with the flaps 14, across the frame, insert the free end portions of said ligatures in the eyes 22 of the flaps 15, 'pull the free ends backward to tension the ligatures and thesheet, and intertwist the free end portions at 24: with the main portions to independently secure the ligaturesand maintain the applied tension; The free ends of the ligatures are preferably provided with loops 25, adapted to be engaged by a tensioning tool, such as'a hook 26 (Figure7) provided with a fingerreceiving eye or handle 27. The operator, by

pulling on the tool, causes the ligature en gaged therewith to slide or move endwise through the corresponding eye 22, until the ligature is suitably tension-ed. The flaps l4 and 15 of the other pair are then turned under the two other members I), and connected by the ligatures engaged with the flapl i, in the manner and by the manipulation above described. v

The sheet 12 is now tensioned in two directions and stretched smoothly across the frame, its recesses 13'conforming to the upright members a, as shown by Figure 2.

' The usual seat cm ay remain in place and be coverediby the'sheet 12,'as indicatedby Figure 3, the sheet concealing the seat so that blemishes therein are not visible. 7

If desired, the seat 0 may be entirely removed, and a support for the sheet 12 may be extemporized by engaging crossed wires '27 with the members 6, as shown by Figure I serted in the pocketed flaps 14, and receiving the looped inner ends 19 of the ligatures, and

grommets30, inserted in the pocketed flaps 15, and constituting the eyes in which the free end portions of the ligatures are inserted and moved endwise.

Figures 6 and 7 show the flaps interrupted by notches 31, each flap including a series of folded spaced apart tongues forming a series of alined pockets. The inner ends of the ligatures are engaged'with bends 32 of reinforcing wires 33, inserted in the pockets of the flaps 14. The pockets of the flaps 15 are provided with a reinforcing wire 34, having bends 35, constituting the eyes in which the free end portions of the ligatures are inserted and moved endwise.

Figure 8 shows a portion of a flap 14, provided with folded spaced apart tabs 36, in which a reinforcing rod 37 is inserted; With the rod 37 are engaged separately formed loops or bends 38, with which the inner ends of the ligature-s are engaged.

Figure 9 shows a slight variation from Figure 8, the flap 14 being formed as shown. by Figure 6, and the reinforcing rod 39, inserted in the spaced apart pockets, being provided with separately formed loops or bends i0, with which the inner ends of the ligatures are engaged.

It will be seen that each ligature 16 may be'tensioned and fastened independently of the others, so that breakage of any ligature will not affect the others.

I claim: h

For use with a chair which includes corner uprights, and frame members connected with the uprights, and forming marginal portions of a seat frame; a repair device comprising a flexible sheet formed to cover the opening bo-unded'by said frame and provided with two pairs of flaps forming major portions of the margin of the sheet and with corner recesses between the flaps, forming minor portions of said margin, each flap having a hemmed free edge, a reinforcing rod in each of said hems, the flaps of each pair being adapted to be folded inwardly under two opposite frame members, and the cornerrecesses being adapted to conform to the uprights; and two series of independent flexible ligatures fixed at their inner ends to two contiguous flapsaround said rods, the other two contiguous flapsbeing provided with eyes in said hems in which said ligatures are insertable around said rods to tension the sheetin two directions the ligatures being adapted to be independently secured after tensioning thesheet, to maintain the tension. r

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

ANDREYV MQTERNEN. 

